Childhood Asthma in a Rural Environment

Childhood Asthma in Rural-Urban Areas

The school environment and asthma in childhood

In this article, we discuss the relationship between environmental exposures within the school environment and pediatric asthma morbidity. This article will conclude by reviewing novel school based asthma education and therapeutic programs and environmental interventions designed to help mitigate pediatric asthma morbidity.

Sensitization to silk and childhood asthma in rural China.

OBJECTIVE Sensitization to perennial aeroallergens is associated with asthma in industrialized countries with a Western lifestyle. Because silk products are commonly used in Chinese society, we were interested in examining the relation between sensitization to silk and asthma. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 871 children in 503 families living in Anqing, a predominantly rural province of Chin...

Childhood Asthma Treatment in a 12-year-old Boy according to Iranian Traditional Medicine in Tehran

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and multifactorial respiratory disorder that affects millions of children around the world. In the recent years, for treating many diseases including asthma, the use of complementary and alternative therapies has increased. The purpose of this report is to provide clinical experiences with the use of Iranian Traditional Medicine, in ...

IL-23 Gene and Protein Expression in Childhood Asthma

Background: Asthma is the chronic inflammation of airways characterized by eosinophilic infiltration, mucus overproduction, airway hyper-responsiveness and airway remodeling. These changes are induced mostly by cytokines which are produced by T helper (Th) 2 cells. Recently, the role of interleukin-23 (IL-23) in the pathogenesis of adultallergic asthma has been studied. Objective: To explore IL...